Shortly after the 10th Panchen Lama (1938-89) passed away, Shalu Wangdu, 43, started painting a thangka to remember him. The full-time painter in Lhasa once met Panchen at the Shalu Temple in his native Shigatse.
Three neighboring province-level museums in northern China will simultaneously kick off a major exhibition to mark the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year and showcase a shared history of folklore and customs.
Rice noodles with snails, a signature dish sold at street stalls in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, are being exported to the United States, a company says. A combination of Han, Miao and Dong cuisine, luosifen is made from pickled bamboo, dried turnip, fresh vegetables and peanuts, and served in a spicy noodle broth flavored with river snails.
British-Chinese twins Helen and Lisa Tse, who became an internet sensation in China when they cooked for Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to the British prime minister's residence in 2014, have won an award for their latest cookbook.
A sculpture gallery in Beijing's 798 Art Zone seems at first glance to be a contemporary art workshop - the light is soft, and the design is simple yet exquisite.
Restorers at Milan's famous Brera Art Gallery have taken measures to protect the collection after its humidity control system failed during a "once-in-a-decade" dry, cold spell that moved through Milan last weekend, officials say.
The National Museum of China will host an exhibition of the art from the Louvre, it announced on its WeChat channel on Jan 6.
During the latest US presidential election, most Chinese pundits followed the prognostication of mainstream American media and wrote off Donald Trump as an outlier with more entertainment value than a real chance of winning. A notable exception was Luo Yufeng, who did not belong to any think tank here in China or Stateside.
Clarinetist Wang Tao is very excited these days.
Xianju literally means abode of the immortals - and for good reason. Xu Lin explores the eco-destination's seemingly spiritual appeal.
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